Awareness Programme for Corporation School Students in Coimbatore
To create awareness among the school students, Coimbatore City Municipal Corporation organised an awareness program at Corporation Girls Hr. Sec. School, R.S. Puram on the 6th of September 2018. The initiative was under the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation funded CapaCITIES Sunya project with support from Sri Ramakrishna Engineering College. The aim of this […]
ICLEI South Asia Member Cities Shine at Global Climate Action Summit 2018
Rajkot city has been declared as the National Winner for WWF’s global One Planet City Challenge (OPCC), which is in partnership with ICLEI South Asia, for the second time in a row. The city was felicitated at the OPCC global award ceremony on the 12th of September during the Global Climate Action Summit (GCAS) in […]
Working Group Meeting in Vishakapatnam, Ludhiana under Cities Shift Project
SHIFT Working Group meeting was organised in Visakhapatnam and Ludhiana under the, Hewlett Foundation and EcoMobility Alliance funded, Cities SHIFT: Capacity building and Networking for Sustainable Urban Mobility project. The SHIFT Working Group consists of stakeholders who are related to the mobility system of the city such as the urban planning department, transport department, public […]
Stakeholder consultation meeting under PROMISE project in Warangal
A city level stakeholder consultation meeting, under the European Union funded PROMISE project, was organised with the Greater Warangal Municipal Corporation (GWMC) officials in Warangal, Telangana on the 18th of September, 2018. The objective of the meeting was to update the officials on the progress of the project, formulation of city core group committee for […]
CDKN Partners Meet in Amsterdam to Kick off CDKN's Next Phase
A team headed by Mr. Emani Kumar, Executive Director, ICLEI South Asia, attended the Climate and Development Knowledge Network’s (CDKN) project inception meeting for its next phase from 6th to 8th of August in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The meeting brought together the four alliance partners of CDKN: ICLEI South Asia, Fundacion Futuro LatinoAmericano (FFLA), SouthSouthNorth (SSN) […]
Documenting Goa’s Biodiversity and Traditional Knowledge
As part of the ongoing project on development of People’s Biodiversity Registers in 10 villages in Goa, supported by Goa State Biodiversity Board, the first round of meetings was conducted in all the villages. During the meeting, the Village Panchayat, members of Biodiversity Management Committee and other residents were explained in detail about the process […]
Kochi Takes Part in One Planet Cities Pedalathon
ICLEI South Asia along with World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)-India, with support from Kochi Municipal Corporation, organised a public event called ‘One Planet Cities Pedalathon’ on the 4th of August in Kochi. The objective of the event, under WWF funded One Planet City Challenge (OPCC) project, was to raise awareness and gather support from […]
Biodiversity Conservation and Natural Resource Management for Sustainable Development in Gangtok
ICLEI South Asia has recently initiated a project on mainstreaming biodiversity conservation into urban planning in the city of Gangtok. The project is supported by Gangtok Municipal Corporation. Situated in Eastern Himalayas – a global biodiversity hotspot, the city of Gangtok has been home to rich biodiversity, which is being lost due to rapid urbanisation. […]
New Project Solid Waste Management Exposure Workshop under Swachh Bharat Mission (Urban) Phase III Begins
ICLEI South Asia has initiated a new project through National Institute of Urban Affairs (NIUA) supported by Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) which is about conducting Solid Waste Management Exposure workshops for the officials of 1600 Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) under Swachh Bharat Mission (Urban) Phase III (2018 – 2019). Under this project, […]
Training Program on Solid Waste Management in Ajmer City
A training program was organised by ICLEI South Asia on Solid Waste Management under the Global Water Partnership funded project on “Integrated Urban Water Management Planning and Implementation in Ajmer” on the 28th of August. The program was chaired by City Sanitary Officer; Ajmer Municipal Corporation; Mr. Chandresh Sankhla, Councilor Ward-60, District Head for Cleanliness […]